Thank you, readers, for joining this adventure

“What will this blog feature? That will depend on my mood and what I see as I go through my day, and travel through Amarillo and the Panhandle.

“My discussion topics will be mostly local, I predict, but not exclusively so. They’ll focus mostly on politics and policy. They’ll have an edge. They will invite comment and community discussion.

“I’ve been in daily journalism for 32 years. I’ve watched the media change during that entire time, but never at the pace it is changing now. Thus, this entry into the Age of Blogging is an exciting venture for me.

“With that, well, let’s talk.”

I was working full time as a print journalist for the Amarillo Globe-News, and the blog was written exclusively for that publication. My association with the newspaper ended abruptly in August 2012, but the blog has continued.

I want to thank those of you who’ve stuck with me over the years and hope you’ll stick around for as long as I continue to vent, rant, cajole, coax, praise, pound and offer a word or two of my brand of wisdom on this and/or that subject.

We’re heading toward the end of an eventual year and the next one is shaping up to make this one look like a walk in the park.

I intend to be there to watch it unfold.

As always, I hope you’ll feel free to share these musings with your own social media friends, acquaintances and assorted contacts as you see fit.